SCOTT, James (1649-85) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 9 Apr. 1649, 1st s. (illegit.) of Charles II with Lucy Walters (d.1658). educ. Thomas Ross, tutor and governor. m. 20 Apr. 1663 Anne (Anna) (1651-1731) suo jure countess of Buccleuch [S], 2nd da. of Francis Scott, 2nd earl of Buccleuch [S] and Margaret, da. of John Leslie, earl of Rothes [S], step-da. of David Wemyss, 2nd earl of Wemyss [S], 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 3da. (2 d.v.p.); 1s. (illegit.) with Elizabeth Waller, da. of Sir William Waller; 4 ch. (illegit.) with Eleanor, da. of Sir Robert Needham; ?1s. with Henrietta Wentworth, suo jure Baroness Wentworth, da. of & Thomas Wentworth, 5th Bar. Wentworth. KG, 28 Mar. 1663. executed 15 July 1685.

Offices Held

Capt. tp. of horse, 1666, 1st Life Gds. 1668; lt. gen. and cdr. English brig. in French service (Royal English regt.), 1672 – 73 J. Childs, The Army in the Reign of Charles II, 179.; capt.-gen. land forces England Wales and Berwick 1678, Scotland 1679.

PC 29 Apr. 1670; PC [S] 1674; ld. high chamb. [S] 1673 – d.; commr. admiralty 9 July 1673 – 14 May 1679, surrender of New York 1675 CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 603.; master of the horse 1674; chan. Camb. Univ. 1674 – 82.

C.j. Trent S., 1672–9. CSP Dom. 1672–3, pp. 201–2.

Ld. lt., Yorks. (E. Riding) and Kingston-upon-Hull, Apr. 1673–1679, Staffs. 1677 – 79; high steward Kingston-upon-Hull 1673–9, CSP Dom. 1673, p. 480. Stafford 1677; gov. Sutton Charterhouse 1675.

Mbr. Co. Royal fishery of England 1677.

Parlimentarian

SCOTT, James (1649-85)

Associated with: Whitehall; Chiswick; 'John Ashburnham’ House, Chiswick';CSP Dom. 1663-4, p. 538.; Moor Park, Rickmansworth, Herts. . 1671–d.CTB iii. 417.;

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Likenesses

miniature by S. Cooper, c.1664-5, Royal Collection; oil on canvas, after Sir P. Lely, National Trust, Chirk Castle; oil on canvas, attrib. M. Beale, Warwick Shire Hall; oil on canvas, after Sir G. Kneller, c.1678, NPG 5225.

Author

Paley, Ruth

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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